8tracks handcrafted mixtapes.
Listen to Sun Ra songs like Love in Outer Space on 8tracks, the handcrafted internet radio network. Click play to hear 700+ mixes featuring tracks by Sun Ra.
Artist info
Sun Ra
Sun Ra (1914– 1993) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesiser player, who came to be known as much for his Cosmic Afro-futurist Philosophy as for his phenomenal musical compositions and performances. As both a black male and an independent producer, Sun Ra defied racist institutions and beliefs. Born on 22nd May 1914 as Herman Poole Blount, in Birmingham, Alabama, he was nicknamed "Sonny" from his youth. Later, after his release from a detention camp for protesting against World War II, he took on the name and persona of Sun Ra (after the ancient Egyptian sun god). Read more about Sun Ra on Last.fm.
Album info
Also from this album: Friendly Galaxy,Solar Symbols
